State comparison · 2025
Health and Safety Engineers salary: Alaska vs California
Health and Safety Engineers in California earn a median of $131,540. In Alaska, $102,690. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.6% — not 21.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-21.9%
Alaska vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-15.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alaska
Health and Safety Engineers
- Median
- $102,690
- p25
- $96,640
- p75
- $135,070
- p10
- $96,610
- p90
- $163,970
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.4
California
Health and Safety Engineers
- Median
- $131,540
- p25
- $103,460
- p75
- $161,160
- p10
- $83,210
- p90
- $175,940
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +43%
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.